Toy departments, J.W. Robinson, Southern California, 1929 [image 1]

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Photograph of toy train display, Southern California, 1929. "Trains, No., Narrow Track, without reverse, with reverse; 418 Mountain Express $6.00, 480 Blue Comet Express $7.45, 481 Oriole Limited $9.65, 482 Southern Express $12.40, 484 Red Hawk Special $17.35, 486 Major H.O.D. Segrave Special $20.65 $25.05, 488 Cascade Limited $27.25, 489 Black Diamond Jr. $31.65, 462 Black Diamon Jr. $22.75, 452 $18.25, 400 Major H.O.D. Segrave Special De Luxe $55.00; Freight Service; 479, Suburban Freight $7.45, 483 Commer, $14.05, 485 Midwest Fast $19.55, $23.95, 490 Universal $28.35, 1081 Local; Railroad Employees Only; Trains, No., Wide Track, without reverse, with reverse; 1054 Overland Limited $69.50, 1080 Cadet Express $21.75 $27.25, 1082 Interstate Limited $29.70 $35.20, 1084 Cardinal Special $39.35 $44.85, 1086 The Western $42.65 $48.15, 1087 Northern Limited $54.25 $60.25, 1088 The Olympian $73.45 $78.95, 1089 Black Diamond Exp. Sr. $73.45; 1000R Prosperity Special Sr. $110, 1036 Transcontinental Ltd. $42.50, 1044 De Luxe Special $55.00, 1046 De Luxe Special Light Blue $53.00, 1016 Night Hawk $29.25, 1062R Black Diamond Super Sr. $88.75, 1070 Railway Circus $75.00" -- signage on blackboards. "Ives T[r]a[ins], Ives Railways; Tickets; Telegraph" -- signage in store.

Asset Metadata

Title Toy departments, J.W. Robinson, Southern California, 1929 [image 1]

Subject Department stores (lcsh), Toys (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Source Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/whit-c170-788

Identifier DW-1929-12-20-138~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-788 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 788

Unique identifier UC12046446

Legacy Identifier DW-1929-12-20-138/DW-1929-12-20-138~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.3 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
82.2 cm × 58.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Toy departments, J.W. Robinson, Southern California, 1929

Inherited Title Toy departments, J.W. Robinson, Southern California, 1929 (title)

Description 2 photographs of toy department displays, Southern California, 1929. "Subject: toy dep[artmen]ts; Client: J.W. Robinson; Year: 1929; Job: 12-20-138" -- on envelope front. "Amount: 2.00, 1.00, .85; Extra Charges: Pellet s2693" -- on envelope back.

Subject Christmas decorations (lcsh), Department stores (lcsh), Ives (corporate name), J.W. Robinson (corporate name), Toys (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1929

Inherited Subject Christmas decorations (lcsh), Department stores (lcsh), Ives (corporate name), J.W. Robinson (corporate name), Toys (lcsh)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Date Created 1929

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts